Profitability is required for sustainability and achievement to a greater end.
Well, came upon one incident which lead me back to the days when I was doing network marketing. I am wondering is it because of our Asian values which explains why such an incident can come out. I have not heard of any incidents from any Westerners at all.
Well the incident was shared by my friend. I only have a vague idea of the situation now since it was shared to me quite some time back but the actual plot is almost the same. He was consulted on a health challenges and was recommending some supplements to help the person with his challenges. Well the problem is because my friend is a network marketer for a particular companies health supplement, so the immediate question the person ask my friends was "Are you earning from this? Wah, you think all your friend are money printing machine for you ah?" And in the end, he did not buy from my friend and the likely cause if because my friend is earning profits from him.
My immediate response to this was that the person is very naive. :P Firstly, do you think the person is a god ah, can live on air only is it? He is a human leh, of course he need to settle his bread and butter issue. Right? What is wrong with someone earning his keep? You mean between two friends cannot have any business transactions, ah? I am sure you are good "friend" to your boss, why not work for free? Wah very bad leh, earning from your boss! Haha!:P
I think a service is rendered here and moreover my friend help him not because of the profits in the first place. If he does, the I think he deserve to lose this business but he is NOT. This person with health challenges is seeking help and my friend provide consultancy without the condition of buying supplements from him. So what is wrong with letting my friend earn, I am sure he benefited a lot from the consultation which I usually did when I am chatting with my friend.
My friend is doing business in the right way, by placing people first then profits which I think is very commendable especially given his circumstances, most people would look for fast profit. If he is doing business in the right way, why not show support of it by letting him earn some. As the title says, "Profitability is required for sustainability and achievement to a greater end." For a few dollars, you are support a cause that will add value to other people lives many times. Better than you let a hawker who cooks lousy food to earn, right? Because you let a lousy hawker keep on earning $$, he is going to continute cooking lousy food for many people to come.
When one is doing a business, he is not able to run it as a non-profit organization initially. He is still a human being in this harsh world that needs to settle his bread and butter issue. What if I provide you with another point of view, if he is your friends, would you not show support for things he is doing (of course this is limited to things that are within ethics and laws)? You want him to sell you at cost price, then aren't you exploiting your friend?
When I was doing network marketing, I also encountered the same problem. Then I was young and still a greenhorn at doing business. In the end, I wasted a lot of time on these "sceptics" making me burn out fast, but to put things straight, this is not the main reason why I failed in network marketing.
Conclusion here is that, if the person is doing a decent business, one of good character and integrity, well show some support by doing a profitable business transaction with him. He earns some $$ to sustain his value adding business, and you win by getting supporting a good cause and also value add to your life (assuming the prodt and svcs rendered by the friend, has intrinsic value higher than the numerical value you paid.)
Ok need to get back to my website www.chinese-wiki.com
Cheers!
Well the incident was shared by my friend. I only have a vague idea of the situation now since it was shared to me quite some time back but the actual plot is almost the same. He was consulted on a health challenges and was recommending some supplements to help the person with his challenges. Well the problem is because my friend is a network marketer for a particular companies health supplement, so the immediate question the person ask my friends was "Are you earning from this? Wah, you think all your friend are money printing machine for you ah?" And in the end, he did not buy from my friend and the likely cause if because my friend is earning profits from him.
My immediate response to this was that the person is very naive. :P Firstly, do you think the person is a god ah, can live on air only is it? He is a human leh, of course he need to settle his bread and butter issue. Right? What is wrong with someone earning his keep? You mean between two friends cannot have any business transactions, ah? I am sure you are good "friend" to your boss, why not work for free? Wah very bad leh, earning from your boss! Haha!:P
I think a service is rendered here and moreover my friend help him not because of the profits in the first place. If he does, the I think he deserve to lose this business but he is NOT. This person with health challenges is seeking help and my friend provide consultancy without the condition of buying supplements from him. So what is wrong with letting my friend earn, I am sure he benefited a lot from the consultation which I usually did when I am chatting with my friend.
My friend is doing business in the right way, by placing people first then profits which I think is very commendable especially given his circumstances, most people would look for fast profit. If he is doing business in the right way, why not show support of it by letting him earn some. As the title says, "Profitability is required for sustainability and achievement to a greater end." For a few dollars, you are support a cause that will add value to other people lives many times. Better than you let a hawker who cooks lousy food to earn, right? Because you let a lousy hawker keep on earning $$, he is going to continute cooking lousy food for many people to come.
When one is doing a business, he is not able to run it as a non-profit organization initially. He is still a human being in this harsh world that needs to settle his bread and butter issue. What if I provide you with another point of view, if he is your friends, would you not show support for things he is doing (of course this is limited to things that are within ethics and laws)? You want him to sell you at cost price, then aren't you exploiting your friend?
When I was doing network marketing, I also encountered the same problem. Then I was young and still a greenhorn at doing business. In the end, I wasted a lot of time on these "sceptics" making me burn out fast, but to put things straight, this is not the main reason why I failed in network marketing.
Conclusion here is that, if the person is doing a decent business, one of good character and integrity, well show some support by doing a profitable business transaction with him. He earns some $$ to sustain his value adding business, and you win by getting supporting a good cause and also value add to your life (assuming the prodt and svcs rendered by the friend, has intrinsic value higher than the numerical value you paid.)
Ok need to get back to my website www.chinese-wiki.com
Cheers!
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